Thanks for the update! I find myself wondering what effect it would have on my indigo. I have all the ingredients, maybe I'll try a strip. :thinking:

March 4th, 2011, 02:53 AM

little_cherry

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Originally Posted by Themyst

I don't understand ... if the cinnamon is for lightening henna, then why would someone have reported that it darkened their hair when used in conditioner? :thinking:

That's what we call a total *facepalm* moment. :wink: I fixed the faux pas!

March 4th, 2011, 09:31 AM

clichepithet

What if one.. steeped? the cinnamon in the conditioner for a day or two and then ran the mixture through some cheesecloth? To get out the grit. Or would that not pull out all the goodies that make the cinnamon have (possible) lightening qualities? ETA: Or would be just as big a PIA if not bigger...

Makes me want to try all this. I've got the !must-lighten! bug again.

March 4th, 2011, 09:58 AM

Themyst

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Originally Posted by sweet_adeline

That's what we call a total *facepalm* moment. :wink: I fixed the faux pas!

Hey, that's great! I'm going to try it. My hair is just so stark black right now, I'd like to see if I could just soften it a bit. I'll do a test strip first ... don't know how honey/cinnamon reacts with indigo.

March 9th, 2011, 03:02 PM

little_cherry

Cinnamon lightning worked well for someone that wasn't expecting black with a two step henndigo (I know.....I did warn them; they were looking for a dark red!)..after a few applications of the cinnamon+cardamom+honey+distilled water followed by a few evoo+coconut oil+ cinnamon treatments, they finally had their dark red.

April 19th, 2011, 01:38 PM

AutumnFalls

I don't know if it lightened mine much, but when I do a SMT I sometimes add a touch of cinnamon and my hair seems shinier/lighter.

March 15th, 2013, 05:52 PM

chrissy-b

I know this is an old thread but I wanted to post my results.

I dyed my hair with a box dye that was supposed to turn my hair brown (close to my natural color) since I still had some henna in the ends of my buzz cut. I was hoping to grow it out from there as one color. Unfortunately, the dye turned my hair to a really, really dark brown, almost black (which was not the color I was going for -- it was med ash brown dye).

I tried clarifying shampoo and heavy oiling for the last week with no color change. So I mixed up this recipe:

I left it on for 3.5 hours and my hair is now two shades lighter. Hardly any red tone left from the henna; it's mostly medium brown with a few golden tones.

I'm really impressed with the results. I will probably try another round in a couple of weeks to see if I can get it a little closer to my natural color (it's almost there, though!).

The only down side is the first 10-15 min or so my scalp burned. BAD. I was about to wash it out, but the burning subsided. I think next time I'll use less cinnamon.

March 16th, 2013, 08:52 PM

TanteHootie

chrissy-b, I'm glad you got such good results with this method! I tried it a second time a while back and had a really nasty reaction to the cinnamon. Not only did it burn, but I got raised red welts everywhere the cinnamon touched. Scalp, face, hands. It was awful. I won't be trying that again ever!

March 18th, 2013, 02:43 PM

chrissy-b

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Originally Posted by TanteHootie

chrissy-b, I'm glad you got such good results with this method! I tried it a second time a while back and had a really nasty reaction to the cinnamon. Not only did it burn, but I got raised red welts everywhere the cinnamon touched. Scalp, face, hands. It was awful. I won't be trying that again ever!

I'm so sorry this happened to you! If I do try it again, I am using way less cinnamon. I'm worried about the burning and these last few days my hair has been drier than normal and that's the only thing I can attribute it to.

March 20th, 2013, 03:01 AM

TanteHootie

I did notice that my hair was drier than normal after the treatment, too, but a god SMT fixed me right up.